JAIPUR: Senior BJP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma died in a road accident in Alwar district of Rajasthan, nearly 165 kms from here.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) P C Nyola said the mishap took place at around 2.30 pm when the car in which Verma was travelling collided with a mini-truck near Khandura crossing.
Verma (64), along with three others, was immediately rushed to the Shahjahanpur Government Hospital where the former Delhi CM, his driver and another person travelling in the same car were declared brought dead, the Addl SP said.
His security officer sustained serious injuries and was undergoing treatment at the hospital, police said.
The driver of the truck was also injured and has been admitted to a local hospital. Verma was returning to Delhi from Neem ka Thana in Sikar district when the mishap took place. Verma is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters.
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